I have translated the first chapter of the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone into Mando’a!

I was inspired to do this when I looked if there was a word for “letter” (in regards to mail). Whenever I see the word letter, I’m always reminded of the scene where letters shoot out of the fireplace and becomes a blizzard of mail (fond memories to be sure! ). So I decided to translate the book into Mando’a for a bit of practice with translating.

I feel I should about the seemingly random Mando’a words followed by English words in brackets. Those are words that I created myself when I felt that they were necessary to be made. I will provide a list below with the words that I created in the translation of the chapter.

I have a question. You created a word for 'good luck,' which I love the literal translation of. My question is, what is the idiomatic difference between you word and 'k'oya'ci? Not a criticism, just wondering about the reason.